Ndaswese [JXP]
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Ndaswese
nĐhaswɂíŋ [ⁿǃʱɑs̼ʼíŋ]*
NdaswesenĐhaswɂíŋ [ⁿǃʱɑs̼ʼíŋ]*
Registered by
roxiewoxiie on 11 May 2018
Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Ndaswese
It’s fun for the whole family
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Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||||||
| Nasal | m mʱ | n nʱ | ɳ ɳʱ | ɲ ɲʱ | ŋ ŋʱ | |||||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ [ʰp]1 pʰ | ᵐb | t tʼ [ʰt]2 tˤ tʰ | ⁿd | ʈ ʈʼ [ʰʈ]3 ʈˤ ʈʰ | ᶯɖ | c cʼ [ʰc]4 cʰ | ᶮɟ | k kʼ [ʰk]5 kʰ | ᵑg | qʼ [ʰq]6 qʰ | ᶰɢ | ʔ | |||||||||
| Fricative | s̺ s̺ʼ s̺ʰ s̼ʼ s̻ʼ s̼ s̻ s̼ʰ s̻ʰ | ʂ ʂʼ ʂʰ | ç çʼ çʰ | x | ħ | h | ||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | ɽ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Click | ǀ ⁿǀʱ7 ⁿǀ8 ǀʰ | ǃ ⁿǃʱ9 ⁿǃ10 ǃʰ | ǁ ⁿǁʱ11 ⁿǁ12 ǁʰ | ǂ ᶮǂʱ13 ᶮǂ14 ǂʰ | ||||||||||||||||||
- word-finally, allophone of /pʰ/
- word-finally, allophone of /tʰ/
- word-finally, allophone of /ʈʰ/
- word-finally, allophone of /cʰ/
- word-finally, allophone of /kʰ/
- word-finally, allophone of /qʰ/
- actually [ᵑǀʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǀ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǃʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǃ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǁʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǁ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǂʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǂ] but CWS is a hoe
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i [ĩ] ĩ́ í | ɯ ɯ̃ ɯ̃́ ɯ́ | ||
| Open | ɑ [ɑ̃] [ɑ̃́] ɑ́ | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Ndaswese. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 NdasweseOrthography | ||||||||||
| Aa/ɑ/ | Áá/ɑ́/ | Ii/i/ | Íí/í/ | Uu/ɯ/ | Úú/ɯ́/ | Mm/m/ | MH mh/mʱ/ | Nn/n/ | NH nh/nʱ/ | Ṇṇ/ɳ/ |
| ṆH ṇh/ɳʱ/ | Ññ/ɲ/ | ÑH ñh/ɲʱ/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | ŊH ŋh/ŋʱ/ | Bb/p/ | MB mb/ᵐb/ | Pp/pʰ/, [ʰp]1 | PɁ pɂ/pʼ/ | Dd/t/ | Tt/tʰ/, [ʰt]2 |
| TɁ tɂ/tʼ/ | TH th/tˤ/ | ND nd/ⁿd/ | Ḍḍ/ʈ/ | ṆḌ ṇḍ/ᶯɖ/ | Ṭṭ/ʈʰ/, [ʰʈ]3 | ṬɁ ṭɂ/ʈʼ/ | ṬH ṭh/ʈˤ/ | Jj/c/ | ÑJ ñj/ᶮɟ/ | Cc/cʰ/, [ʰc]4 |
| CɁ cɂ/cʼ/ | Gg/k/ | ŊG ŋg/ᵑg/ | Kk/kʰ/, [ʰk]5 | KɁ kɂ/kʼ/ | Qq/qʰ/, [ʰq]6 | ŊQ ŋq/ᶰɢ/ | QɁ qɂ/qʼ/ | Ɂɂ/ʔ/ | Ss/s̺/ | SH sh/s̺ʰ/ |
| SɁ sɂ/s̺ʼ/ | Zz/s̻/ | ZH zh/s̻ʰ/ | ZɁ zɂ/s̻ʼ/ | SW sw/s̼/ | SWH swh/s̼ʰ/ | SWɁ swɂ/s̼ʼ/ | Ẓẓ/ʂ/ | Ṣṣ/ʂʰ/ | ṢɁ ṣɂ/ʂʼ/ | Ĵĵ/ç/ |
| Ċċ/çʰ/ | ĊɁ ċɂ/çʼ/ | Xx/x/ | Ḥḥ/ħ/ | Hh/h/ | Ll/ɬ/ | Yy/j/ | Ww/w/ | Rr/ɾ/ | Ṛṛ/ɽ/ | Ţţ/ǀ/ |
| ŢH ţh/ǀʰ/ | NŢ nţ/ⁿǀ/7 | NŢH nţh/ⁿǀʱ/8 | Đđ/ǃ/ | ĐH đh/ǃʰ/ | NĐ nđ/ⁿǃ/9 | NĐH nđh/ⁿǃʱ/10 | Łł/ǁ/ | ŁH łh/ǁʰ/ | NŁ nł/ⁿǁ/11 | NŁH nłh/ⁿǁʱ/12 |
| Çç/ǂ/ | ÇH çh/ǂʰ/ | NÇ nç/ᶮǂ/13 | NÇH nçh/ᶮǂʱ/14 | |||||||
| ✔ Shown in correct order | ||||||||||
- word-finally
- word-finally
- word-finally
- word-finally
- word-finally
- word-finally
- actually [ᵑǀ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǀʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǃ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǃʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǁ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǁʱ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǂ] but CWS is a hoe
- actually [ᵑǂʱ] but CWS is a hoe
